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Housewife on Top

‘I’ve left you a list on my desk’, Rick The house fell silent and I wandered into the study to collect my instructions. There was only one scrawled piece of paper on the desk so there was no mistaking the single...

House at Riverton (NY Times bestseller)

Summer 1924: On the eve of a glittering Society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each...

How to be Popular

Steph Landry`s been top of her school`s unpopularity list ever since she spilt her red Super Big Gulp all over It Girl Lauren Moffat`s white D&G mini-skirt. But now Steph`s got a secret weapon an ancient book, How to...

If Only They Could Talk: Classic Memoirs of 1930s Vet

Fresh out of Veterinary College, and shoulder-deep in an uncooperative cow, James Herriot`s first job is not panning out exactly as To a Glaswegian like James, 1930s Yorkshire appears to offer an idyllic pocket of...

Immortals: Night Star

With 2 million copies of her Immortals series in print, Alyson Noel is one of the hottest paranormal teen authors writing today. Night Star continues the epic love story that has enchanted readers across the world....

Immortals: Evermore

Seventeen-year-old Ever is the sole survivor of a car crash that killed her entire family. Living with her aunt in Southern California, she`s plagued by the ability to hear the thoughts of those around her, and...

Immortals: Shadowland

Ever and Damen have travelled through countless past lives - and fought off the world`s darkest enemies - in search of each other. But just when their destiny seems finally within reach, a powerful curse falls upon...

Immortals: Dark Flame

Once it seemed being immortal was a gift to Ever Bloom - now it`s a curse. And she`s a danger to herself. Ever has been dabbling in Magyck - seeking to explore her own powers, hoping to find a future for her...

Imperial Bedrooms

Clay is a successful screenwriter, middle-aged and disaffected; he's in LA to cast his new movie. However, this trip is anything other than professional, and he's soon drifting through a louche and...

Iron Council

It is a time of revolts and revolutions, conflict and intrigue. New Crobuzon is being ripped apart from without and within. War with the shadowy city-state of Tesh and rioting on the streets at home are pushing the...

It Shouldnt Happen to a Vet: Further Adventures of 1930s Vet

Lesson number one: When taking a cow`s temperature the old-fashioned way, never let go of the Now firmly ensconced in the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby, recently qualified vet James Herriot has acclimatised to...

Jellyphants and Woolly Jumpers: My First Joke Book

Children love telling jokes to their friends and family, and these jokes are easy to read and easy to remember. It is perfect for beginner readers who delight in fun wordplay. What`s grey and wobbly? A jellyphant....

Jim Crace: Harvest

Jinx

It wasn’t just the power failure the night Jean Honeychurch was born that earned her the nickname Jinx: misfortune seems to follow her wherever she goes. Which is why she’s been shipped off to New York to stay with...

Kane & Abel (30th Anniversary Ed)

They had only one thing in Lowell Kane and Abel Rosnovski, one the son of a Boston millionaire, the other a penniless Polish immigrant - two men born on the same day on opposite sides of the world, their paths...

King Rat

Something is stirring in London`s dark, stamping out its territory in brickdust and blood. Something has murdered Saul`s father, and left Saul to pay for the crime. But a shadow from the urban waste breaks into his...

Lady Boss NEd

A brand spanking new, rejacketed B format edition featuring a letter from Jackie Collins to her Lucky Santangelo – she’s ruthless, and dangerous. In "Chances" she showed how deadly a woman can be. In "Lucky" she...

Lair

Last Days of Dogtown (PB) OME

The tiny rural backwater of Dogtown nestled on Cape Ann and hugging the Massachusetts coast line, is a place that is reputedly dying, but its few remaining inhabitants show an enduring spirit that keeps a small flame...

Last Orders (Booker Prize96)

Four men once close to Jack Dodds, a London butcher, meet to carry out his peculiar last wish: to have his ashes scattered into the sea. For reasons best known to herself, Jack`s widow, Amy, declines to join them.

Learning to Swim and Other Stories

`Graham Swift has shown that he has an authority - of style, characterization, grasp of life. These concentrated enigmatic stories address their subjects with such intelligent conviction and clarity that their...

Legends! Beasts and Monsters

In the cold, dead eyes of the Banshee, and the hissing, spitting fangs of the Gorgon; in the fiery breath of the dragon and the razor sharp claws of the Sphinx there is a thirst for blood and a murderous hunger. But...

Lenin: Biography Ned

Lenin is a colossal figure whose influence on twentieth-century history cannot be underestimated. Robert Service has written a calmly authoritative biography on this seemingly unknowable figure. Making use of recently...

Less Than Zero

In 1985, Bret Easton Ellis shocked, stunned and disturbed with his debut novel, Less Than Zero. Published when he was just twenty-one, this extraordinary and instantly infamous work has done more than simply define a...

Let Sleeping Vets Lie

With two years experience behind him, James Herriot still feels privileged working on the beautiful Yorkshire moors as assistant vet at the Darrowby practice. Time to meet yet more unwilling patients and a rich cast...